In article >, " BOB"
> wrote:

> In ,
> Another Wise Guy - Macon, GA USA > typed:
> > says...
> >
> >> and the best I've been able to find are wood chips, or sometimes
> >> what they call chunks (what I think are nothing >more than bigger
> >> chips),
> >
> >> Anyway, back to my question........Anybody out there know where a guy
> >> could find lump coal in the Denver metro area?
> >
> > I stopped buying lump charcoal and started making my own, using the
> > receipe from http://www.velvitoil.com/Charmake.htm It was a lot
> > easier than I imagined it would be.
> >
> You use charcoal in your pressure cooker?
> >
He no doubt uses a 55 gal barrel rigged with 45 thermocouples attached
and O2, VOC,humidity,opacity and CO2 monitors and computerized vent
flaps on the thing all routed to his computer,logging 1 minute data
points. The chainsaw he cut the trees with has an RS232 port so his
'puter can log engine revs, tooth wear and fuel and chain oil
flowrates. I'm sure it's all so wonderful it'd five ya a boner....

monroe(you can buy a lot of lump for $4K)